"Happy New Year!!"

As the numbers ticked down from 3:9 to 00:00 on time, Wang Ming nervously sent a message to Shen Ying while lying in bed, but received no reply.

They're probably already asleep?

He thought to himself.

Lately, due to work-related matters, he has rarely contacted Shen Ying, and Shen Ying has not taken the initiative to contact him either. He feels that their relationship seems to have faded a lot.

It hasn't even been a semester yet.

Old Wang sighed inwardly. Unconsciously, Shen Ying's image in his mind had become blurred. Indeed, time and distance can dilute everything.

Just as he was about to turn off his phone and close his eyes to sleep, his phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that it wasn't Shen Ying calling, but Zhang Yuanyuan.

Why would she call herself at this time?

Wang Ming hesitated for a few seconds, then decided to accept the call. After all, they were classmates in the same department and had a fairly good relationship.

"Brother Ming, Happy New Year..." came a clearly drunk female voice from the other end of the phone.

Wang Ming frowned and lowered his voice, "Have you been drinking?"

"Just... a little... a little..." Zhang Yuanyuan laughed in a daze.

This voice doesn't sound like someone who's only had a little alcohol. Besides, who would be drunk on New Year's Eve?

Wang Ming climbed out of bed, put on a down jacket, and tiptoed to the balcony: "Where are you?"

"He's outside, Senior Brother Ming..." Zhang Yuanyuan said drunkenly.

“I know you’re outside, I’m asking where you are right now.”

"Hmm... the quiet bar across from the school?"

Where is your roommate?

They're not here...

Are you alone?

"Um……"

"Call your roommates quickly and ask them to come pick you up; it's already very late."

"They've all gone on dates, I don't want to... Senior Brother Ming, I'm not drunk..."

Wang Ming sighed softly. 99% of people who drink alcohol will pretend they are not drunk, including himself.

In this situation, he certainly couldn't ignore it.

Regardless of the circumstances, a girl drinking alone in a bar on such a cold day and in such a dark night is very likely to arouse a man's protective instincts.

"Just stay there and don't move, I'll come find you."

He changed his clothes, grabbed his phone, and quietly left the dormitory.

However, they didn't notice that the penguin icon in the upper right corner of the phone screen was flashing frequently.

After leaving the dormitory building, Wang Ming quickly rode his bicycle out of the school.

He always felt a little guilty towards Zhang Yuanyuan, after all, he was the one who added her to the group last time, but Jiang Xia kicked her out for no reason.

Although he later listened to Jiang Xia's advice and tried to keep his distance from girls, he couldn't resist others taking the initiative to get close to him.

Anyway, ever since Zhang Yuanyuan learned that Wang Ming was the original animator of Tom and Jerry, she started to call him Brother Ming affectionately and would often ask him questions about animation. Over time, the two became familiar with each other.

As the third season of Tom and Jerry aired, she started contacting Wang Ming more and more frequently.

However, Wang Ming only regarded her as an ordinary friend and would not usually contact her on his own initiative. He never expected that Zhang Yuanyuan would call him at this time.

I really don't know what she's thinking, going out drinking at this hour.

A little while later, the bicycle stopped in front of the bar across from the school.

Wang Ming locked the car, exhaled a puff of white breath, and pushed open the glass door in front of him.

This bar isn't very big, only a little over 100 square meters. There are a few sofas in the corner and a few tables and chairs in the middle.

The bar was lit with a warm, bright yellow light, and soothing music was playing from the speakers. A few students were sitting together, playing cards and drinking hot sake, while a few men and women sat on the sofas, chatting casually. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Wang Ming guessed that these people were probably students from the Central Academy of Fine Arts who had just come out to celebrate the New Year.

But they weren't his target.

He turned his head to look at another corner, where a girl in a white down jacket was lying there in a daze, and there were several empty wine bottles on the table.

Luckily, this is a quiet bar, not a pub, so the environment is relatively safe. Otherwise, would she still be lying here unharmed? She would have been picked up by someone long ago.

Wang Ming walked over and sat down. He picked up the empty bottle and looked at it. It was a Rio cocktail. The alcohol content was not high, only 3.8 degrees, but after drinking so many bottles, almost no girl would not get drunk.

"Zhang Yuanyuan, wake up," he called out several times.

A few seconds later, Zhang Yuanyuan groggily raised her head, rubbed her eyes, and a surprised smile appeared on her drunken face: "Senior Brother Ming, you...you actually came..."

Wang Ming couldn't help but sigh: "How could you drink so much?"

Zhang Yuanyuan shook her head, barely managing to muster her strength. She cupped her hands around her chin like flowers and spoke weakly, "I only drank three bottles. The rest were drunk by my friend and her boyfriend."

"Where are they?"

"They probably... went to a hotel?" Zhang Yuanyuan said groggily.

All right……

Tonight is destined to be filled with passion and good fortune.

"And then you're left here drinking alone? You should cut ties with a friend like that as soon as possible," Wang Ming said irritably.

When he goes out drinking with Jiang Xia, the one who is even slightly sober has to take the other home.

“I still have Senior Brother Ming, right? Senior Brother Ming is here to pick me up...hehe…” Zhang Yuanyuan boldly grabbed Wang Ming’s hand, closed her eyes, slightly raised her neck, and her face revealed a drunken blush.

She is a very pretty girl, no less beautiful than Shen Ying, but now she is acting so shy.

Wang Ming blushed slightly. This was the first time he had shaken hands with a pretty girl, but he was already feeling a surge of emotion. He subtly pushed Zhang Yuanyuan's hand away.

"You're drunk, I'll take you back to your dorm."

Zhang Yuanyuan answered softly twice, stood up unsteadily, but before she could stand up, she fell directly into Wang Ming's arms.

Upon smelling the apple-scented wine scent and faint shampoo on her, Wang Ming froze completely. How could a girl's body be so soft?

He took a deep breath, not daring to think about anything else, and simply supported Zhang Yuanyuan's arm with his own. But after only two steps, she was completely on top of him, and their bodies were constantly rubbing against each other.

Even though they were both wearing thick down jackets, he could still feel the real softness.

Wang Ming's heart pounded. His gaze unconsciously drifted to her ripe face and her fair, delicate neck. With great effort, he finally managed to lift Zhang Yuanyuan onto the back seat of the bicycle.

However, she couldn't sit still at all and could fall at any moment while riding the bike.

"Senior Brother Ming, the school dormitories are all closed now, we can't go back..."

Zhang Yuanyuan slumped weakly in his arms and mumbled, "There's a hotel nearby, Senior Brother Ming, could you book a room for me?"

End of this chapter